The evening world. Newspaper, January 7, 1919, Page 16

ESTABLISHED BY JOSEPH PULITZER, Published Daily Except Sunday by the Press Publishing Company, Nos. 68 te 63 Park Row, New York. RALPH PULITZOR, President, 63, Park Row, NGUS ‘Treasurer, 68 Park Ro’ sosbrit Pt 1,’ Jr, Secretary, 63 Park Row. MEMNER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRHSs, dated Prem ie on ‘ely entitied to the use for runblication of afl new @enatdhes ceed Sa Se eta i iB pe Se Sera oy ah VOLUME 59 oe NO. “THE LIFE OF ENDEAVOR.” 0 CITIZI 20, of the United States ever did more than Theodeer Roosevelt to make the rest of the world understand and admire the American character at its robust, virile an versatile best. That truth will stand when all has been said concerning Col. ; Roosevelt's political career; when his ambition and love of power, with the results thereof, have been impartially weighed; when the cothusiasm of his friends and the bitterness of his enemies have cast their lights and shadows. No m of Col. Roosevelt's temperament could have played the part he played in American public life without occasional speed or| steering bound to leave damage and resentment in his wake. | \ Yet the inexhaustible energy and exuberance, the driving power generated in superb self-confidence, the patriotic fervor leaping to ion however personal or arbitrary—these qtalities that caused most of the damage were at the same time qualities that de endeared him to vast numbers of his fellow countrymen and to all men who delight in “the man who does things.” The blood rushed strong from his heart through his veins, His | | (Cine Now York F EDITORIAL PAGE| Tuesday, January 7, Co, By J. H. Cassel \lHo. Ww Great Wars ! Were Ended j By Albert Payson Terhune Copsrlglt, 1019, by The Press Publishing Co. (The New York Evening World.) No. 21. FRANCE’S WAR WITH “THE FIRST COALITION” HIS was the first war in which the French, people under their own rule proved themselves great fighters. Up to that time French soldiers had been led by officers who were (ior the most part noblemen; men whose military rauic ~ was often due to royal favor rather than merit. ) But the French Revolution had cieaned out the ) nobles, beheading some and exiling others. ‘Thus ‘or ~ the first time the people had a voice tn the management of their own army. ~< There was urgent need just then for the possidle army if France was to be saved from utter destruction had turned loose a swarm of foes against her. e that the old monarchy was overthrown and that the revolu- tionists were fighting among themselves, eeveral foreign powers—Prussia anc Austria foremost atnong them—decided it was a good time to fall upon the weakened and distracted young French Republic and tear it to pieces ———~""> This alli was kfiown to liter France Weakened } history \ Its armies pret by Revolution pared to s newborn republic. And the French stopped fighting among themselves | long enough to scrape together an army to meet the invaders, p wiping out of the nobility had left the French the stro} Vor Revolution Learni against France Phe First Coalition.” rike a deathblow to the Rey soldiers without | officers, One historian describes thus what happened: ‘The Republic's officers were men promoted from the ranks, sol@ly by merit, When theva | | officers proved incompetent, their soldiers refused to obey them and often even shot them. Realizing that France's welfare and very existence in this | crisis depended on her soldiers the Republic granted the army all sorts of | privileges and made it an object of adoration. This spirit of army worship | was seized upon afterward by Napoleon to forward his own ends; and @ century later was the main theme of the Dreyfus scandal. | “The ‘scratch’ army marched aguinst its more numerous and wella | trained focs of the Coalition, A levy of troops had been made on Aug. 16, | 1795. All France responded gallantly to it. And no less than 750,000 en- wailed themselves in the martial roster.” muscles were always flexed and eager for work or play. His brain ie writes Esmein, “was saved by that admirable outburst of was constantly busy, absorbing or giving out. Words were ever ready Then followed a fierce and tremendously effective campaign. At tha | is li decisive battles of Wattignies and Wissembourg and Hondschoote and elses! to his lips. . where the French won brilliantly decisive victories, which not only put a " ; : de 4 complete check to the invasion's progress but drove tl $< Certainly not this generation, perhaps no generation of Ameri- pgeiesieee aaeliied aan and Avatrian aitiee pellmell out of Franc & baile Mi BORA Wctneee Tarve: indiv ‘ vee French Win Not only this, but the victors also put down an : re marvellous individual embodiment of mental, Brilliant Victories nsurreetion which aimed to restore the corrupt old |, moral and physical foree. So inspiring was contact with that force, | Onn monarchy and stamped out factional upri ‘ Nor did the victorious French stop there, They followed their ‘ merely as force, that few when under the spell asked more than to triumph so vigorously that within a year they had driven their foes out of | i i i olland 4 elgium and had cleared the left bank of the e. Ther feel the stimulating, dynamic effects of it. | eras rates Me : 95. the ice niceais erat wan eres ‘ite Sie Fag Zi ’ Now that he is dead, thé Sy edt eee “This peace,” says Esmein, “not only ratified the conquest of Relgium on country will find its m»mory of the the left hank of the Rhine and Santo Domingo but paved the way for fresh | * man and of that for which he stood best realized, not in any words conquests.” t A France had learned that her patriotic troops, Ted by former privates has lately uttered, but in a famous speech of twenty years ago, could thrash the best disciplined forces of Europe. And in spite of later : ‘ y) | wariis the owled apt the new republic alive and madi ‘espected b: perous close: | “I preach to yon, then, my countrymen, that our country | H oO Ww t O B e a B (a) t t e y call not for the life of ease, but for the life of strenuous en- . deavor. The twentieth century looms before us big with the S a 1 e Ss m1 a n fate of many nations. If we stand idly by, if we seek merely I . ; g P. | swollen, slothful ease and ignoble peace, if we shrink from | A Nn d v) a rn B 1 3 er a y the hard contests where men must win at hazard of their iffit lives and at the risk of all they hold dear, then the bolder | By Roy Griffith .? and stronger peoples will pass by us and will win for them- The Evening MeUee putnony an Sueeseetul Salseman shins } | | Copyright e Prest Publishing ow York Evening World.) selves the domination of the world.” ; ; — Sea les Mr, Criffith’s column appears on this page daily. His articles on Hi “Let us therefore boldly face the life of strife, resolute pa meee | ie aa | datesmanship alternate with a question and answer column like to-dii's Ning World readers are invited to ask his aid in solving their is to do our duty woll and manfully; resolute to uphold righieous- Yo u WwW h O H a V e B a F I : I FUemte, problems. Addreas him hy letter in care of thie newapopor Hig 4 ness by deed and by word; resolute to be both honest and a fe (6; 1 (&; O Tr a 1 T. replies will be published and ple ns initials only will be used, brave, to serve high ideals, yet to use practical methods. e ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. t possible a| thin ‘Ou now bo ‘our foo Aber all eos ot sik fom si, orl or ps our Health ReflectsiO NS | HSK |eeciees ia tie hee inechanic with practical ex-| You are going to tell him only thos within or without the Nation, provided we are certain the s, perience to become a suc-|things which fit into his needs ere strife is justified; for it is only through strife, through ha By Sophie Irene Loeb | B iy H (~} | en R ow | an d ce travelling salesman, selling | customer must always be first in your — bi , 4 i 5 ‘ ° o using as an nic2—T, ‘our goods are worth nothing except goal of true national greatness. Care To-Day Keeps the Germs Away A Toast \ Yes, it is possible for a mechanic,|to the man who can use them and b@ Twenty years after they were spoken, these words ring with OR the past two weeks | have) of Death you *« wet ve itually | ER to the greatest age of all time, the Golden Age of the world,|/or a man in any other trade or| benefited thereb : had oceasion for considerable re- | you don't “s way with it the most potent moment in history, the renaissance of art, love,|profesison, to become a successful] ,, ees immeasurably deeper meaning in the ears of the American people as flection—on the subject of health,| ‘Think of the thousands of strong, | marriage, religion, and literature, and the birth of brotherhood and salesman, ‘The degree of success, of| _ about how long does it take tori@) f cuaven alone lhealiie cenit ; 4 ' ; man to learn to become perfec they pay their last tribute to the man who uttered them ; : a la aithy Lekpaoblorisan teeta 4 universal prosperity, Here's to the year 1919! course, will vary according to the] Oi eames Bo Oe ‘oe es or weeks and) because of the recent intlux of littie in man, Anybody of fair education, am- : : ss Leave politics and the contentions and judgments thereof aside. months and even | guer ma. see ¢ - The “perfect” salesman has aot yet po judg thereof aside, | ADA AS Sh as rip sth ! The prayer of a woman’s life is that she may find a| Dition and determination can attain) oo noes For tile recon’ Cate ‘All the country has gone through in the past two years bears + | Pere a PElOD URE to mow Sas man who won't decelve her—the prayer of a man’s, that | ®t least @ fair degree of success in| 1, bly « s ; . ) this diMculty and| many of these people played havoc sagan) Tle DISy " jthe selling field. Everybody eannot not posalbly answer your question. “A, testimony to this truth: that, You fight] with their health, heeded no warning e may find a wife who won't UNdeceive him. liga a eytieiica in the selling are- mente the selling field never stops . ; ki ae your way through | and succumbed Laren fession, however, any more than in| '©4/ning; never stops improving him« To help it to the kind of strong, adventurous American man- | Y4 problems and! For a while you “can away with A man never thinks he has tasted the cup of joy Un-|any other profession self. He never becomes perfect. It's hood that has indeed made the Nation truly great as never before pleasures. fib’ ‘bGt 46 you. keop.on laughing acl less he has splashed it all‘over himself, as he does bis) 4 mechanic going into the selling} ym etoUs eort, a continupad You moet what] danger, slapping ching ¢ morning bath 4 into the sellin | working, studying, striving. And it'g . | among nations, American youth has had no more forevful teacher orb ative nats 4h your ham muscles ‘ field, selling the material he has been] 4 jot of fun. If we ever really “are | f Deerie inare ome be are with « nothing-ean-vurt me attitud: aieenan \aceustomed to using in his trade, |» ie Z - ’ and example than Theodore Roosevelt, iaetieoe obstacles — trials | there is no question that “the goblin If you want to know what a girl really meaas, wateh | would need to be aera on one p aint Fivea’seuen sot to She point where | tha Joo! ins no) able ou get | Gon meen a ’ 4 bi in behiaalls § pt a a t — pee ae eli unt You get | will get you if you don't watch out." wil tag ©" the corners of her eyes; if you want to know what a]As a mechanic he has been accus- we Pita Gh ied aA of us to L tt F t h P | aah . | The most startling about it/ man really means, watch the corners of his mouth—but, dear me! who|tomed to handling inanimate objects. laiving. omrmrei te wauldalt he gore e ers rom e eople ' ae ae pou have Bist almost any jall is our seeming inabijity to realiae| Wants to know what they really mean, when they are saying something 80|He knows all about the material he . |issue—you feel fit for t fray that we may be victims mia 3 ane sec trade, a haentt heal = a Was No Indoor % | Borough REMARUALERA UIC Yaesu (ston bt alll GOA Aiden Gocicaiie: (UMUA) Gate lAch : A much pleasanter? us a in his trad He hasn't been », J. A-You can get the books you Pir ro Ar bat Lee essa ed Ct sd Be ce edn LURE Re IN hpeen sean mevting people—animate objects—] ask about at Brentano's, Fifth Aves I read with much interest ©. W's tins 1 , d rubbish removed, |ting sensation in. r i + Geren tae aha ‘ It requires an unhappy love affair of two to take the kinks out of a|freauently enough. He hasn't been|nue and h Street, New York, of ch stated ne Evening | #94 it seems to me tha ess pro- Bevo In your ind {We win the courtship w 4 - andling, bending, sting > e New Yor! e letter publlahed in The | Hvenlng| Matons RES A MAL URIMR DDS | Gow soa come, 'to Mahe what? X [the <eomendous force we" 4. man, ruy the raw edges off his egotism, and polish him up for social usage. at i ' birt fig cee from the New York University Preuny or ec de atters From!of this material, the he: ol ew fl je germ s dow — ass pO A De pARs ia A the People.” 1 wish to verify his|community will be je Ee hen boil be 4 fu ash aah i My ge Now #1 he women have learned t treet cars, and the men bave| 1% Customer isn't @ piece of ma. 7A Dots a my: inipresmon ae Peete iy oathoocen ke entincasite eh TPA nd you just rebel, Only last week | Mom of you wh ih ane lat the women have learned to run street cars, ani m have} oii, A prospect. cannot be up. | ‘B® Arm about which you ask is & Mite wide! Faearva. arose | must be “Curted to Lang. Yeu were UP ant doing, wad yr{ Rot realiging what a 4 wot learned how to peel potatoes and make beds, you may notice that it's the | proached as a mere problem in mex| BLY Boed one to work for. fave their letters that there was no Naval] the owners of butidtres tn Si eiemice short hours have intervened and raed reaping 4 J isiness man” is perfectly willing to slip right back into the old] .tudy in himself, e basic laws of| bigh” in the estimation of every one Reserve Force in April, 19 is|Who must pay for the extra hauling, | el “Ms weak as a cat.” and wonder Rae ‘(4 ‘arness and go on being “tired” in the same old pleasant way human nature are always the ne, [Of thelr employ If you take tha ja misleading und also untrue. 1 en.|,_f Nave tried to find out where the |1f you will ever be able to take up| uate meal for yea re ean Jbut the application of thos , | Middle Wout territory for them, write: . al |trouble lies, but one shifts the blaine | the thread of fe | abused his stomac a Dr f those Ws) me again. I may be able to give you sted in the United ates Navallon t! ver, xo L have made no prog ‘ If vou dant belts Pea | When a man really cares to kiss a girl, somehow he doesn’t dare—and | vary with the individual, Hor in-| some worth while tips about that tere Reserve Force on Mareh 8, 1917, and | ress, | You realize vou le whan' scgw4ed boapliais w to the} when he really dares, somehow he doesn't care. stance, everybody on earth | to|Titory. T covered it myself for years, was directed to report for active duty |. 1 Mave learned, however, that pri- Byou've got to with a Ne bint shies : hed te ia be flatter That's a be law, | With @ different Mme, . the*same day, This can be verified | §2.50 to $4 per loud for dumping. en | and for days tt ft : : ’ 50 to $8 per load for it f in effort to take you don’t beliey Not much use to pay out your dollars to have the lines massaged out] But when a salesman covers al by communicating to the Com-| "Lam sure some remedy can be found | ipld foods, | ory Fo Bing) : ; - : y of flatter 10, mandant, Third Naval District, at No.|!f the Nireet Cleaning eartnent ee j {inurae: Ant apy" diet t ln tol ot your face If you sre going to let your heart get old and gray and te certs ih ' f igti | The First Geneial Election, 280 Broadway, New York City wants to find it, Why not open some | Rhea gradually the litt : t one wrinkled for want of exercise, 1t's bound to show through! SHG Paine Met how °9) ring you HE first national election in the y 3 i the Water Tronte ee tome | conquered if you are very careful) "Tis no idle say What would please .n Dales at { wish to state that Iam no/ing n ashes as was ¢ last | and you begin to understand when| your heaitt MS DANS a tagonize you, and vice Ries eiales Wak Haldane ndo ind have “saw service," | year? i balay pricapeen dal Paley monty arate bay Jealousy never files out of the window until indifference stalks in at ii | years ago on Jan, 7, 1789, The nakir x trips to France on the| Trusting this letter is publishes, |%°U 8° °° °° east t that re-| word to the w sn encvelo-| the door. A mechanic selling the materia! he| Presidential ctors so chosen met fe ‘i ceanaporty ang Abd that the” matter "is! therey:|auiFeH enerEy what you've heen pedia a Aarne has been using in his trade would|in February to vote for President and ie Be prourht to the atte Hy of the Mer- through, Rape now all about his goo He would| Vice President, Each Blector voted i cha WON it wm] In aw n 1 a short time "D HARDENED be apt to be more Interested in his je 0 have A CITIZEN in his | for two ndidates fe ne hig e ” net 170) Witenes TON AND TAXPAYER, | yoy marvel how you can be Tad gmat Wash- e Ancestors o Yur ig LUIS | goods than in nin prospective custo: | nee, under a provivion trea iee a un of ka isa cel dah ‘ ae | , . under a@ provision that the cane es} N ies Therefore, t hon for t nt | HE first percussion lock for fire- | first discharged by the application of | As example, a clothing sales-|didate receiving the largest number i | baitur writing is for crea in appreeia he drit taken | wins was invented and patenied |a flaming torch, About 1517 the |™Man might be more interested in the] of votes was to be declared Prosident na take the addressing | Hon of healt There aro but fow | rly, before he i ft would in 1807 by the Rev, Alexander J, | Wheel-lock method came into use, and | fact that the particular coat he was|Wwhile the second choice had to by 4 au upon 8 Mati ‘ vital y cone | wh do appreeiate it Ni na hin torevttie ottish clerevman(wholattarward’ the Alik Waa uM from | Presenting for sale had four buttons tent with the Vice Presidency, ¢ To th The itive examination for the poms | Never before have Urea what : Was born 150 years ago, Dec. 28, 1768, | 1692 until the Scottish clergyman tn | than in the fuct that his prospective] ind war electad Preah a As tiven and ga ri desire tendar ficer, Departinent | abuse we give to ourselves every dit t hreat-| Firearms were first made ip Italy in| vented the percussion principle of | customer had red hair Adams, with thir bh tu cu attention to the matter 0f Education, To date we have not | and “get away wit How w i aid tol the fourteenth century, and were em- | igniting «gunpowder in muskets, by| The rule (o follow is Know all|came Vice President fe of the dtepusnt of as mod rubbish yee! es Ad 19. tne, mut ome of | mix our foods without any the 1 ployed tn war by the Burgundians at| means of detonating powder, The | about your goods, trom every an ne aM wort hn Jay of New from office buildings and hotels in the a be Withheld to recente) to how those mixtures may act in t " ve the| Arras in 1414, ‘These first small arma|fint-lock guns were used by all the |and from every viewpoint; then, fina] Utes, fe He eeriaon Of Borou nT thoxe holding the temporary | Physical make-up a know ver-| were really small cannon, and were|European armies during the early |the things in your goods which will} pix; Jolin Hancock of Massa: matter of veat importance that nent nea " \a this—| borne by two men, In 1471 Edward| period of the Napoleonic wars, and | confer a benetit on the prospect if he| fou Clinton ¢ tT Eee Paae How uke chances in connectior lbs ‘ New it should upy the attention of the Se rHU APPPReaLD It ty uy would | with clothing @ perin bea up nd retain] IV, had 800 Flemings armed with | only a few guns embodying F vsythe's| buys them. Look at your goods al-| t noes . uel Huntingdon ¢ owner Nreal 4 AVieho HAYA howanache in britking Annutttha che with iti" ‘How we Jaugh at rainsand| some ee on drink| hand-guns in his army, and a little| invention were in use @ century ago. | ways from the standpoint of the pros-|{wo; dumes Arinetin ‘ ashes and rubbish that must be re-| lease of this list before Jan. 1, 4919, wet feet and things of that sortecang) ef #2! later the Swiss armed 10,000 men|PerMssion caps were first generally | pective customer. Include the pros-|one; Edward Telfair of Georern moved, t it thay be brought to} so that we may by » BVA OUT SAL mgt ye la } John ret withtarquobuses The musket was d about 1 Since then firearms! pect in your thoughts, Even though| Benjamin Lincoln of Massich ne attenth { the Street Cleaning employers ren le > ur mek Bway Ww Aw sual’ in th mi ck Bim Dek have undergone vast improvements, Joy know all about lone. Before t 1804 € B know that every building in the io pass the sald toot 3 taken again ed b Charles \ he sixteenth con. | hd, the rifle eee tte | ie your knowledge u You aio! rine 4 Nassrry: ih, om pa he demon tury, ‘These sude Oreurms were &b usc. [Bvt some Lo Cell every prespeet overy- View Pres) vidvat, 4 4